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On this episode of I’d App That, we’ll talk about the YouTube app rising to #1 in the iOS App Store for a time. Reese Reviews Untappd and then Peter reviews the Capo app.

Demand for mobile live streaming on YouTube appears to be strong, given the fact that YouTube shot up to the top of the App Store – a position it hasn’t held since December 2015 – following reports of YouTube opening up this feature to more users. Earlier this week, YouTube was spotted having relaxed its earlier restrictions on mobile live streaming, which was initially only available to creators with 10,000 or more subscribers.

YouTube recently dropped the requirement down to only 1,000 subscribers.

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Discover and share great beers, breweries, and venues with your friends, while earning badges for exploring beers of different styles and countries.

On this episode of I’d App That, we talk about possible legal problems for using mobile payment apps in the UK and Android Pay being integrated into 5 bank apps . Then, Reece reviews Tiny Death Star.  Stacy reviews the Wunderlist app.  Then Peter’s Pick brings us the Tiny Card apps for iOS.

DRIVERS who pay with mobile apps at a drive-thru restaurants could be breaking the law, a legal expert is warning.

Those caught by police on their phones could face a £200 fine and six penalty points.

Using a phone in any way while the vehicle engine is running is illegal, says Lauren Rae, a dispute resolution and claims associate at Dundee law firm Thorntons.

Read more at: https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/862668/restaurants-drive-thru-mobile-app-law-points/

Google has announced that some mobile banking apps will offer built-in Android Pay integration.

In the U.S., Bank of America, USAA, and Discover are among the first to offer this native functionality. Elsewhere in the world, customers with Bank of New Zealand and mBank, which is based in Poland, will see the ability added to their respective mobile banking apps.

Read More at: http://www.androidcentral.com/five-major-banks-now-offer-android-pay-integration-insid

On this episode of I’d App That, our guest Brian Durkin, brings us three of his favourite apps. In the news, we’ll talk about India’s new mobile payment app and app developer overlap in the App Stores of Google, Apple and Windows Phone. Then Peter gives us his impressions of the Flipp app. 

Our guest this week is Brian Durkin, stand-up comedian, producer, and podcaster.  He’s the man behind the Philadelphia-based comedy site Full Belly Laughs dot com. The website’s weekly podcast captures the fun times of friends eating a meal and playing board games. He mentors many other comedians on podcasting, as well as comedy writers in Philadelphia. Starting early in 2017, Full Belly Laughs dot com will have new humor articles every day

NEW DELHI: Urging people to make digital payments a “habit” to make the country a cashless economy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday launched a mobile app for the Unified Payment Interface (UPI). The application, which will be common across all banks and financial institutions, is called BHIM (Bharat Interface for Mobile).

In his 40-minute speech at Talkatora Stadium in New Delhi during the inauguration of the DigiDhan Mela, Modi time and again evoked Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar – ..

For the last two years, we have examined how Apple, Google, and Microsoft develop apps for each 

On this episode of I’d App That, we’ll talk about you being able to get an Uber without leaving Google Maps. Stacy reviews the Amazon Music app and then Peter gives us his impressions of the NFB (Canada’s National Film Board) app.

Google’s making it way easier and simpler to hail an Uber with Google Maps. Today the company announced that the latest version of Google Maps on Android and iOS lets users request a ride from Uber without ever leaving the app. Previously, you could use Maps to check for price estimates and start the process of getting a lift, but eventually you had to finish things up in the Uber app. Now, the entire request process takes place directly in Google Maps. You just sign in with your Uber account info, which pulls up your stored payment info and other details.

Read More at: http://www.theverge.com/2017/1/12/14252768/uber-google-maps-update

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On this episode of I’d App That, we’ll talk about Apple and Google getting pushback for their car app initiatives from Ford and Toyota. Stacy reviews the Transit app and then Peter gives us his impressions of the Slacker Radio app.

Apple’s  CarPlay and Google’s Android Auto are facing a push back from automakers led by Ford Motor Co.  and Toyota Motor.

Ford and Toyota on Wednesday said four medium-sized automakers — Mazda Motor, PSA Group, Fuji Heavy Industries and Suzuki Motor Corp. — have joined their SmartDeviceLink Consortium, which aims to develop an open-source software platform that app developers can use as an alternative to Apple’s CarPlay and Google’s Android Auto.

Apple and Google have revved up efforts to integrate their smartphone technologies with auto communications systems.

Apple’s CarPlay technology is built around its iOS software. Alphabet-owned Google unveiled an “autocentric” variant of Android N at its Google I/O developer’s conference in May. General Motors and Harman have announced plans to build Android-based infotainment systems for GM vehicles.

Read more at…

http://www.investors.com/news/technology/apple-google-car-apps-get-push-back-from-ford-toyota/

On this episode of I’d App That,  we discuss going live on Twitter.  Jackie Hern joins us to talk about our favorite games: Walking Dead No Man’s Land, Candy Crush Saga along with Shane’s and Peter’s favorite games Hearthstone and Two Dots. Then Peter gives us his impressions of the Yousician app.

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Twitter released an update today that will let you broadcast live video from within its app for iOS and Android. The feature is “powered by” Periscope, Twitter’s live video app, but can be used regardless of whether you have installed Periscope or created an account. The move represents an attempt to blunt Facebook’s chief advantage over Twitter in live video: everyone who has Facebook on their phone can go live without downloading a separate app…

Adding live video to Twitter raises questions about the future of Periscope, which Twitter acquired last year for an undisclosed sum, as a standalone app. Along with Meerkat, Periscope helped to popularize live mobile video as a broadcasting tool. But what first appeared to be a phenomenon looks more and more like a fad: Meerkat pivoted away from the space earlier this year after finding that average people never returned after their first few broadcasts.

App Reviews 

First up from Jackie…

On this episode of I’d App That, We talk about Sony’s new mobile games studio and Google’s new Trusted Contacts app that lets people find you and your Android phone in emergency situations.  And in reviews, the Hosts bring us Christmas Apps and Honey, the Chrome Extension. Then Peter gives us his impressions of the PCMag.com’s Encyclopedia app.

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In March, Sony announced the formation of ForwardWorks, a new game studio that would focus on creating “full-fledged” mobile games based on PlayStation franchises. Today, it’s revealing the first batch of those games: new titles in the Hot Shots Golf, Wild Arms, Arc the Lad, and What Did I Do to Deserve This, My Lord? series.

In addition, games based on Parappa the Rapper, Doko Demo Issho, and Boku no Natsuyasumi will come later on. Square Enix is also collaborating with ForwardWorks on an as-yet unrevealed mobile project, as is Nippon Ichi Software with its Disgaea and Yomawarifranchises.

The ForwardWorks initiative includes something called Project Field, a Sony-developed trading card platform that works together with a smartphone app. ForwardWorks is developing content for Project Field, and the first release will be based on Level 5’s smash hit Yo-Kai Watch series.

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Trusted Contacts lets you add people with whom you want t

On this episode of I’d App That, we’re joined by Blazing Caribou’s own David Luzader discusses the Comic Book Apps: Comixology, Marvel Unlimited, and Spider-Man Unlimited.

In the news, we talk about Twitter replacing Moments with Explore and Tribe’s augmented video chat. Finally, Peter’s Pick this week gives us his impressions of the Google Translate app.

Join your Guest host, Kari Simms, and your regular hosts Stacy Baldwin and Peter Fisher to discuss the most noteworthy things  having to do with Comic Book Apps.

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Twitter is experimenting yet again with the structure of its mobile app. Furthermore, this time around, the company is thinking about replacing its Moments tab, first introduced last fall.  Therefore allowing users a better way to track breaking news and other prominent events.

In addition, a new ‘Explore’ tab was added to Twitter, according to Mashable. This change, which is just in the testing phase for some iOS and Android users, appears to be a mixing of old and new Twitter features. The Explore tab is said to include both discovery features.  As a result, new accounts will follow, as well as the standard collections of daily Moments.

Finally, Twitter’s new mission appears to be focused on live events and commentary about those events.  it struck a deal to stream NFL games  Twitter had huge success recently live streaming the first two US presidential debates. In that vein, a new Explore option for its mobile apps could be used to steer users toward popular streams on its Periscope.  It’s video platform and other high-profile live event coverage on Twitter.

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On this episode of I’d App That, we are joined by Johnny Orlando and his favourite Hockey Apps. We talk about Facebook’s new Marketplace that lets users buy and sell their things locally and LoseIt! helping you track your diet by taking pictures of your food. Johnny discusses the hockey apps NHL Smash, NHL Game Center, USA Hockey Mobile Coach, and Pittsburgh Penguins app.  

Then Peter gives us his impressions of the transit app Moovit

Your hosts, Shane Mattox, Stacy Baldwin and Peter Fisher discuss Hockey apps. Johnny Orlando, host of the PVDMVP Podcast, stops by on this episode of I’d App That!  John lends his knowledge on some of his favorite Hockey Apps. 

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Users have been buying and selling goods for a while now through Facebook groups, but Marketplace now officially formalizes it. The icon for Marketplace should over the next few days replace the Messenger icon in the center of the bottom row on Facebook’s mobile app. Tapping it takes you to an algorithmically generated home page of items Facebook believes you’d be interested in. This is based on the pages you’ve liked and, after some time, any of your viewing, buying, or selling activity within Marketplace.

You can also sell items by providing a photo, name, description, price and location. Browsing can be done by categories or location. By expanding your search radius and changing your location you can see what is available elsewhere.

Currently it is only available on mobile, in the US, UK and New Zealand, though a desktop experience is in the works. Many people are coming to browse, without knowing what they’re looking for. Facebook doesn’t plan on charging, but hopes for eyes for their ads. You won’t have the same protection offered by a company like eBay, however.

Privacy and safety are potential concerns, but they do not allow the sale of drugs, explosives, firearms, animals, alcohol, etc. The ability to report items that violate their policies is in place.

Their hope is that people will have a better idea of who they’re transacting with, since most Facebook profiles represent real people. Some additional information is also listed about you if you choose to sell something.

On this episode of I’d App That, we’re joined by Matthew Sargent, of Bag Drop fame. Matthew brings us his favourite Word Games.  Join your hosts, Shane Mattox, Stacy Baldwin and Peter Fisher as they talk about Apple keeping track of everyone you try and chat with on iMessage and a new Star Wars app that turns play time into movie magic. Matthew discusses the word games Words with Friends, Ruzzle, and Capitals.  Then for Peter’s Pick we get Peter’s impressions of the movie app Flixster and Flixter Video.

All that and more on this episode of I’d App That!  

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A report from The Intercept points out that Apple gets to see who you might be talking to, although they don’t know what the messages actually say. This happens when your iPhone check in to see if the person you’re trying to contact has an iMessage account. They also track date, time and IP address, which could include location information.

While the logs are saved for 30 days, Messages and built-in apps will check back with Apple’s servers on occasion. This creates new logs of the contacts. It doesn’t happen every time, but still regularly.

Apple could potentially hand this information over to law enforcement with a court order; a briefing sheet of what can be handed over was created by a Florida law enforcement agency. Contacts identities are, however, only shown if they’ve been entered into your phone. It also doesn’t show message contents or if a contact has previously been messaged.

Apple claims they only provide data for “valid” subpoenas or court orders and that they work with law enforcement so that they understand what they’re capable of providing, which does not in